Peter Bjorn And John
Biography
The Peter, Bjorn and John group was assembled by three friends who were born and then lived and met in the North of Sweden. Peter Moron and Bjorn Yttling knew each other since the early nineties and had been playing music together for eight years before they made friends with the third member of their future outfit, John Ericsson. In 1999, they built up a band and called as simple as they could. They formed the title out of their first names. The musicians themselves stated that it was not because of their inability to think over something better, but because they indeed liked the way it sounded. Originally, the participants of the new group intended to find the fourth member to take up the duties of the bass-guitarist. In the long run, this vacancy went to Bjorn, a skilled keyboardist, who eventually learned to play the new instrument. The group trained well to play like a three-piece band on the stage and resorted to overdubbing while working in the studio.
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Reviews
Living Things2009
Swedish indie rock trio Peter Bjorn And John, mostly known for their hit Young Folks, recorded the fifth disc Living Things. This experimental album is concentrated over rich percussion and vocals
Seaside Rock2008
Peter Bjorn And John's fourth studio work Seaside Rock is a partially instrumental record devoted to the times of the three members' childhood and also of everyone who has grown up in the country of Sweden or any other North Europe country
Writer's Block2006
The new album Writer's Block is the work of a band at the absolute peak of its writing and performing skill. This record from Peter Bjorn And John irreproachably follows every rule and realizes every aim the band laid out
